Cigarette holder with scoop for filter material



Nov. 25, 1952 l. FLORMAN CIGARETTE HOLDER WITH SCOOP FOR FILTER MATERIALFiled April- 20. -1950 MM W a WAM Patented Nov. 25, Y 1952 OFFICE`CIGARECIYIIE HOLDER WITH SCOOP FOR FILTER MATERIALr` Irvigrirman, NewYork, N. Y. s n Application April zo, 195o, serial No. 157,013

' This invention-"relates to cigarette and cigar holders. i

vIt is'an object of the present invention to provide means facilitatingcollection and insertion of filtering material in parts of a cigaretteholder whereby to avoid capsules and other compressed filteringassemblies heretofore used in such holders.

Still another object of the invention is to provide means offering thepossibility of controlling the quantity of the filtering material to beused or the necessity for change and removal thereof.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide means affordingready filling of the cigarette holder with loose, granular filteringmaterial, ensuring simple construction and inexpensive manufacture ofthe holder Which has a minimum number of parts, is compact, has easilyseparable parts to effect the filling of the same with filteringmaterial, and is emcient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is anelevational view of the holder with portions thereof broken away andshown in section whereby to display the interior construction of theholder.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view looking upon the partcontaining the scoop which receives and gathers the filtering material.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the mouth piece part being extendedinto a box of the filtering material to scoop a quantity of the same.

Referring now to the drawing, IIJ represents a mouth piece having a boreII extending therethrough. Said bore provides a smoke passage extendingfrom a large recess I2 in the outer end of the mouth piece I0. In thisrecess and extending outwardly therefrom is an externally threadedcoupling member I3 having threaded engagement with the outer end of themouth piece and is adapted to receive a housing part I4 having a tubularsection.

Within the recess I3 is a sleeve or scoop member I5 adapted to receiveand retain filtering material I 6, such as silica gel, clay and othergranulated material. 'I'his sleeve I5 has a' scoop section I'Iterminating in an inclined open end edge. With the mouth piece II)removed from the housing member I4, the mouth piece can be used as ahandle for the scoop portion I'l adapted to enter a. relatively flat boxI8 in such a manner as to gather the filtering material I 6 therefromand to 1 Claim. (Cl. 131-207) Y 2 obse'rve thecollecte'd filter materialin the-scoop section. With the'sleeve or scoop I5 filled with thematerial, the mouth piece I0 can be further connected to the housingmember I4 and receptor 23 by threaded portions 'at I3. Y f

When the inclined open end edge of section I'I is inserted in hollowhousing or section I4 the filtering material l6- then fills out saidlatter section I4 and is in contact with a substantial portion of theinner Wall surface thereof, as seen in Fig. 1.

Fixed to the housing member I4 is a hollow spindle 2I having a passageor bore 22 extending therethrough and communicating with the filteringmaterial. Adjustable on this spindle is the receptor or end member 23that has a skirt portion 24 slidable upon the part I4. The spindle shaftis flared at its outer end, as indicated at 26, to prevent the outwarddisplacement of the member 23. A spring 25 is disposed about the spindleshaft and reacts between the member 23 and the end Wall defining thehousing part I4 to hold the member 23 in its extended position. When itis desired to remove a cigarette from the holder, the member 23 isadjusted on the spindle shaft so that the flared end 26 will eject thecigarette from retaining opening 21 in the member 23. The housing partI4, the spindle shaft 2l, the ejecting member 26 and the spring 25provide a unitary assembly which is separable from the mouth piece I0that contains the scoop I5.

The scoop I5 may be provided with slots or long apertures which mayserve as windows to see when the ltering material needs to be changed.The housing part I4 surrounding the scoop is of transparent material sothat observation can be made through such windows. Such an opening orslot is indicated at 28 and the same is of smaller diameter than theaverage diameter of the respective particles of the filtering material.

The sleeve or scoop I5 is formed of a hollow cylindrical tubing sectionby cutting the same on a bias to obtain said inclined end edge I'I. Thescoop lits the recess I 2 in a sufficiently tight manner so that it willnot leave the mouth piece I0 when it is used. As apparent from Fig. 1scoop section I5 in recess I2 and housing section I4 define a chamberfor accommodating said filter material IB in a relatively compactcondition, said scoop section and said housing section frictionallyengaging each other to thereby detachably couple the mouthpiece I0 toreceptor 23.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is:

A smokers article comprising a mouthpiece portion, a socket portionadapted to receive a cigarette, and a lter chamber therebetween havingend walls with bores of smaller diameters than the diameter of saidchamber, said mouthpiece portion being separable from said socketportion, such separation being eiective at said chamber, said chamberbeing dened by a pair of concentric and telescoping tubes, one of saidtubes being attached to one of said portions and terminating in aninclined edge whereby saidone tube by means of its inclined edge may beused as a scoop container and with said one portion as a handle for saidscoop container to facilitate scooping and retaining of comminutedltering means therein, the other tube being engageable with said onetube to support said one portion and said scoop container within saidother tube, whereby to connect said socket portionto said mouthpieceportion through said chamber, and

fastening means located at one end of said inclined edge for joiningsaid mouthpiece portion to said socket portion and for locating theother end of said inclined edge at one of the end walls of said chamber.

IRVING FLORMAN.

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